Feedback between erosion and active deformation: Geomorphic constraints from the frontal Jura fold-and-thrust belt (eastern France)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 103-122

  Madritsch, Herfried ^a,b   Fabbri, Olivier ^c   Hagedorn, Eva Marie ^d   Preusser, Frank ^e   Schmid, Stefan M ^a,f   Ziegler, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d Universität Bern ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active folding; Alluvial terraces; Incision; Jura fold and thrust belt; Rock uplift

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; FAULTING; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MESOZOIC; NEOGENE; PLIOCENE; TRANSFER ZONE; UPLIFT;

FRANCE;

EID: 77956292421     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0468-7     Document Type: Article

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